Journal
PRIMATES
Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 347-353Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-018-0665-8
Keywords
Amazonian marmosets; Habitat loss; Maximum entropy modeling; Protected areas; Southern Amazonia; Species conservation
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- Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel do Amazonas (SDS)
- Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development
- Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [CNPq 200502/2015-8]
- Idea Wild
- International Primatological Society
- Conservation International
- Primate Conservation Inc.
- International Association for Conscientiology Expansion
- FAPEAM [606/10]
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Among the 13 Mico species recognized by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, six are listed as Data Deficient. The geographic range of most of the Mico species has been estimated from only a few records. We report new localities and the geographic extension of Mico chrysoleucos. In addition, we confirmed the presence of the species in two distinct protected areas. We modeled the habitat suitability of M. chrysoleucos using the maximum entropy method and including new records obtained by the authors in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. From the total area of occurrence calculated for the species, 22.8% is covered by protected areas and indigenous lands. The annual mean deforestation rate estimated between 2000 and 2015 was 2.95%, and the total area deforested by 2015 was 3354 km(2) or 8.6% of the total distribution limits of the species. The habitat lost between 2000 and 2015 was 3.2% (1131 km(2)) of the total potential distribution, while the habitat loss area legally protected was 31 km(2), and the habitat loss in settlements was equal to 691 km(2). Our results extend the geographic distribution of the species about 100 km farther south, with the Maracan River being a possible geographic barrier for the species. The significantly low rate of habitat loss inside protected areas and indigenous land, when compared to unprotected areas, points out the importance of these areas to M. chrysoleucos conservation. The species is relatively wide-ranging, legally protected, and resilient to regional anthropic threats. However, the hydroelectric schemes and the improvement of the road system in southern Amazonia pose an imminent threat to the species.
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